Monday, September 25, 2006

Selection (if statements) - Part 2

Topics

• consecutive if statements -- can form a logical "or" if the conditions are mutually exclusive
• nested if statements -- form a logical "and"
• compound conditions and logical operators
•     &&  (i.e. and),    ||  (i.e. or),    !  (i.e. not)
• deMorgan's Law
• increasing less-than and decreasing greater-than
• boolean flags
• switch statement
•     case label
•     break statement
•     fall through
•     default statement       

Practice Problems

Selection Practice Problems  --  do these in preparation for Test 2.

Readings

Wu fourth edition: Sections 5.2 and 5.5.